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yet impeachment could not serve that role if the house were unable to investigate the president for suspected high crimes and misdemeanors. this is recognized early on starting with a very first president. in 1796, the house requested that president washington provide it with sensitive diplomatic materials related to the unpopular jay treaty with great britain. he declined. since this request intruded upon the executive functions. but washington agreed it would change the calculus and then noted on the house floor that washington had admitted, quote, that where the house expresses an intention to impeach, the right to demand from the executive all papers and information in his possession belongs to it. all papers and information. this was only the fist of many references to that point in our constitutional tradition.